Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-04

lyle is still unknown to the Chicago Of
ficers, although he is said to have arrived
in Canada.
THE Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,
on the 9th, appointed committee to in
vite President Cleveland to visit Cincin-
natl during his Western tour this fall.
THE report of the Commissioner Of In
ternal Revenue, just submitted, shows the
collections for the fiscal year ending June
30 to have been Sis, S35, 757, and it cost to
collect it 81 ,075, 900.
SECRETARY WHITNEY announces that a
contract has been entered into with the
Hotchkiss Ordnance Company which in
sures the establishment of a branch of that
concern in this country.
AT the Toledo convention on the 9th a
resolution was presented indorsing Sher-
man for the presidency, but the Blaine
men succeeded in having it referred to the
committee ON resolutions.
SUPERINTENDENT HAMILTON received a
telegram on the 18th from Passed Assist
ant Surgeon Guiteras, dated Key West,
saying that there had been 172 cases of
yellow fever and Al deaths to date.
THE Porte has decided to reopen nego-
tiations with England for the settlement
of the Egyptian question. The object of
the Porte is that the negotiations shall
proceed without the other powers being
consulted.
MORE than 100 members of the British
Parliament, including eight ministers,
have signed a memorial addressed to Presi-
dent Cleveland and the United States Con-
gress in favor of the settlement of interna-
tional disputes by arbitration.
THE American Paper Makers Associa-
tion held it's annual session ct Saratoga, N.
Y, on the 9th. Hon. Byron Weston, of
Dalton, called the meeting to order, and
made an address of welcome. United
States Senator Dawes made an address ON
"Paper and the Tariff"
NINETY-FoUR members of the Paris police
force handed to their superior officers on
the 9th silver watches bearing the en-
graved inscription, souvenir Boulanger,
July 7th," which had been delivered at
their homes by unknown persons. The po-
lice department has ordered an inquiry.
CHARLES EVANS, a colored man, was
charged in the police court at Washington,
on the 2Sth, with grave-robbing, and was
sent to the workhouse to allow the officers
an opportunity to investigate the matter
further. He opened the grave of his dead
sweetheart and cut off one of her hands.
Cape Breton, hook Goldfish weighing
the fish into the boat, Grant was Mortified
to find in the fish's mouth the side of a
mans face, from the forehead to the chin,
covered with brown whiskers, tinged with
gray.
GOVERNOR KNOTT of Kentucky issued
an order to the Adjutant-General of the
State on the 18th, directing him to send
two companies of State Guards and a gat-
ling gun to Morehead, Rowan County, to
protect the Circuit Court against the Toll
liverites.
A DELEGATION from Lynchburg, Va,
headed by Senator Daniel, called on the
President on the 9th and invited him to
attend the State fair to be held at Lynch
burg in October next. The President
promised to consider the invitation, and
said he would give them decided answer
at later day.
THE Comptroller of the Currency on the
26th authorized the following-named
banks to begin business: The National
Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, No.. /;
capital, $2,00O,0O0. The First National
Bank of Kinsley, Kas.; capital, 100000.
The First National Bank of Milbrook, Kas. I;
capital, SCI, 000.
THE imports of dry goods at the ports of
New York for the week ended July %
amounted to $3,070,074, of which g, 3S4, 705
were warehoused. Withdrawals from
warehouse for the week were 1851 ,32S, MAX
ing total amount marketed S, 946, 033.
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THE schooner Matthew Murray returned
to Gloucester, Mass, on the 9th. from the
bay fishing grounds without having been
able to catch a fare of mackerel. She tore
her seine and put into Malpeque to repair it,
but was told by the collector, that to repair
the seine on shore would be preparing to
fish," and therefore unlawful. He could
not repair it on board, so he had to come
home.
GENERAL j. NJ. CoMELY, editor and pro-
prietor of the Toledo CO., Commercial, died
on the 26th of heart and lung trouble. He
was native of Perry County, o. He was
bred practical printer and afterward
adopted the law; entered the army in
Rutherford B. Hayes regiment, the
Twenty-third Ohio, rose to be Colonel, and
was brevetted Brigadier-General for gal
liant services on the field.
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THE Secretary of State has received
dispatch from Consul General Phelan at
Halifax, n. s., saying that he is investi-
eating the recent seizures of American
vessels in Canadian waters, and that he
has instructed the Consul at Charlotte
town, Prince Edwards Island, to take
measurement of the sea at that point,
where the seizures were made, to establish
the exact distance from shore.
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THE board appointed by the Secretary of
War. consisting of Inspector-General
Farnsworth, Captain d. NJ. Taylor of the
Ordnance Department, and Mr.. Tolman,
chief of the division of acquisitions and ac-
counts, War Department, has completed a
thorough examination of the books and ac-
counts of disbursing Officer Yeatman of
the War Department. The report of the
board shows everything to be absolutely
correct.
TIE chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry has just made preliminary report
to the Commissioner of Agriculture In re-
ference to the progress of the work for the
suppression of pleuro-pneumonia Tor the
six months ending June 80, 1881. The
total number of herds inspected during
the six months is 5,3o1, containing 4o,us4
animals: 29S herds and 1,62S animals
have been placed in quarantine, among
which were found 904 diseased animals.
Post-mortem examinations We're made on
fhe carcasses of 4,S51 animals and showed
that 1,044 of these have been affected Win
plem o-pneumonia.